Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the State Government has spent an amount of Rs 169.4 crore on the treatment of about 1.44 lakh people under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Under this scheme, the people of the state are provided free treatment facilities up to Rs 5 lakh in quality hospitals.

Vij said that under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, about 1,17,335 patients  in  the State have so far been provided treatment in private hospitals, on which the Department has spent about Rs 138.02 crore.  Apart from this, 26,402 patients have been treated in public hospitals and an amount of Rs 31.36 crore has been spent on their treatment.

 He said that Golden Cards of Ayushman Bharat Yojana have been issued to more than 22.49 lakh people in the State and these cards have been linked to Aadhaar. He said that the payment to the hospitals providing treatment to the beneficiaries under this scheme is being made within the stipulated time.

For this, the Central Government has also awarded Haryana as the first state in the country to make the payment of bills.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Dr.  Ravi Vimal said that for the convenience of the people, the cards of Ayushman Bharat Yojana are prepared free of cost in all government and empanelled private hospitals in the state. He said that this facility is also available in the Common Service Centres at a nominal fee.  The Government has also included Covid-19 patients under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, he added.

Dr.  Vimal informed that the District Implementation Units under the supervision of concerned Civil Surgeons are working in hospitals of the State. A nodal officer has also been appointed for this purpose. He said that at present 530 government and private hospitals are on the panel of Haryana Government. Apart from this, several other hospitals have also applied for the empanelment.